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# 1  
Old 08-24-2013
Need help on mail command
I want to mail the output of this command
Code:
df -k | sort -rk4  | head -2 | tail -1

to xyz@gmail.com and i want to print the output in the command prompt also

How to do

TIA
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 08-24-2013 at 06:56 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 08-24-2013
tee /dev/tty ?
# 3  
Old 08-24-2013
Code:
out=`df -k | sort -rk4  | sed -n 2p`
echo "$out"
echo "$out" | mail ...

# 4  
Old 08-26-2013
i used this but the output is not coming in mailbox
Code:
out=`df -k | sort -rk4  | sed -n 2p`echo "$out"echo "$out" | mail ...

Last edited by vbe; 08-26-2013 at 02:10 PM..
# 5  
Old 08-26-2013
Please use code tags as required by forum rules!

Are you sure that was your command line? Where would you expect it to mail to?
# 6  
Old 08-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by sumanthupar
i used this but the output is not coming in mailbox
Code:
out=`df -k | sort -rk4  | sed -n 2p`echo "$out"echo "$out" | mail ...

Does this do what you want?

Code:
df -k | sort -rk4  | sed -n 2p | tee | mail ...

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